The Samsung Galaxy Camera nay not be your traditional Android device per se. But so long as it runs the Android OS, you can be assured that the ever so curious Android development community will find a way to gain root access to it. And it has been no different with the Galaxy Camera.

For those who came in late, the Galaxy Camera is a 3G/4G enabled device which features a 16.3 Megapixel camera with 21x optical zoom and a pop-up Xenon flash, WiFi & 3G/4G LTE connectivity, a 4.8 inch Super LCD 720p display. 4GB of internal storage along with a microSD card slot, a powerful Exynos 4412 Quad core processor clocked at 1.4GHz along with 1GB of RAM, and runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean out of the box.

If you are wondering how you could possibly benefit from rooting a digital camera of all things. How about being able to add software features and functions that are not otherwise possible with the stock firmware. Not to mention geeky stuff like changing the DPI of the screen or removing/uninstalling pre-installed apps that you do not use or do not want. So if you have picked up a Galaxy Camera and want to try and get the most out of it, here’s a detailed step by step set of instructions which will help you through the process of rooting your device. So without further ado, here we go.